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Signed: Painted by J. Graham; Engrav'd by W. Nutter. "Publish'd 1st May ..." Shows Gen. Simon Fraser, fatally shot while leading an advance corps of Burgoyne’s troops at Bemis Heights, surrounded by a group of fellow officers, a surgeon and a chaplain. When the Americans realized that this group was preparing to bury General Fraser on the spot he had died defending, they ceased firing except for a lone cannon in honor of the fallen officer.

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